Wonderful Weekend

We had an absolutely wonderful last weekend of summer vacation!! Friday night we went to Bayshore for dinner, to get my phone fixed and to get Joe a fantasy football magazine. After all of that was accomplished, we tried Froyo Bella. It's a new frozen yogurt restaurant. It was Y-U-M-M-Y! They have many topping options. Madeline picked Fruity Pebbles, Cap'n Crunch and mini gummy bears. Joe and I also enjoyed a tasty treat from there. KJ enjoyed a little bit of all of ours. :-)

Yesterday Madeline, Kaitlyn and I met my mom at Bayshore Mall where we had a fun time playing in the fountains. KJ was quite entertaining. She would walk into the water, get her face wet, make a funny face (I think she was a bit shocked by the cold and by the water getting on her face) and come running over to me to get her face wiped off. I have not laughed that hard in a while. I don't think my mom had either. Then she started going over to Grandma to get her face wiped dry. She would go into the water, turn around and walk back over to Grandma, who was sitting about 10ft away, get her face dried off, and walk right back. This went on numerous times. Madeline had a bit of a tough time getting all the way into the fountains because the water was cold. But when McKenzie joined her, she helped Mad through and fun was had by all. After we were done splashing in the fountains, we headed over to California Pizza Kitchen for lunch. There we learned that KJ likes BBQ Chicken Pizza - a lot. She ate one whole piece!! While we were ordering our drinks, Madeline very quietly and sweetly told our waitress that she thought she was very pretty. My girl could not be any sweeter. She is just such a joy. We were all exhausted by the time lunch was done and the three of us headed home.

Madeline and I had a Mama and Maddie date night last night. We went to Noodles for dinner. Mad almost always picks Noodles. She LOVES to use chop sticks to eat. She picked shopping for our activity. It's shocking how much this girl is exactly like me. Anywho...she had really wanted to go to Justice both Friday night and Saturday afternoon, so I took her back to Bayshore. We first went to Gap (b/c I had a coupon) and found a couple of cute shirts on clearance for KJ as well as two long sleeve shirts and a cute pair of tights for Mad. From there we headed to Justice. Justice is a recent discovery for us. It's a store mostly for "Tween" girls. Mad is mesmerized in this store. It's full of pink and/or sparkly clothes. She had a great time walking around picking out clothes to try on. Speaking of trying on clothes, this is one of many things she has to do all by herself now. I am only allowed in to dressing rooms with her if she needs help. Oy. She is growing up way too fast. And back to our date night... We had coupons for Justice as well, so she picked out a few cute things. My girly girl also got a bottle of glow in the dark nail polish and a pack of these bracelets that are very in style right now. I can't remember what they are called, but they're basically rubber bands in all different shapes and themes. She picked princess. Surprise, surprise.

Today we started out having a lazy Sunday morning. Then we were off for a picnic, which was what Madeline wanted to do for her last day of summer vacation. She of course wanted to go to the Cedarburg park. It is her absolute favorite park. The park happens to be next door to a wonderful swimming pool. We surprised Mad by taking her swimming after the picnic. She is a water crazy girl!! After her swimming lessons earlier this summer, she has become so confident in the water. She is constantly going under and "swimming" and practicing holding her breath so that she can stay under longer. She got to go down the big slide today. First with Daddy, then with me. Then again with Joe. Then again later with Joe, then me. Then again later with Joe, then with me. This time with me she wanted to go down all by herself. I went down first, waited for her at the bottom. I caught her immediately. Then she told me she wanted to go again all by herself and that she did not want Joe or I to catch her. Again, oy. Where did my baby go? If it was up to Madeline, we would have stayed there all day. But our little baby was beyond exhausted after all of her swimming, splashing and running through the fountains at this pool. She was sound asleep before we even got the stroller to the car.

After her bath tonight, I painted Madeline's finger and toe nails with her new glow in the dark nail polish. It really works. She was so excited about it. Then right before bed Joe shined a flashlight on her nails to charge them. That made them super bright. That also made Madeline super excited. She is so darn cute.

And now here we are. The girls are sleeping. My Madeline starts 4K tomorrow. She told Joe tonight before bed that she was nervous about her first day. She doesn't think she'll know anyone but her buddy from last year, Alex. My lovely girl easily makes friends just about everywhere we go. She'll have no problem tomorrow. Me, on the other hand, might have a bit of a problem. How can Mad be old enough to be in 4K? She was my chubby cheeked little toddler just the other day.